Combination-tool



(No Model.)

B. J. HILLM AN.

. COMBINATION TOOL. I No. 606,547. Patented June '28, 1898.

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UNITED STATES BENJAMIN J. I-IILLMAN,

PAT NT OFFICE.

on VICTOR, COLORADO.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No; 606,547, dated June 28,1898.

Application filed June 29, 1896.

To (0% whom it may concern: Be it known that I, BENJAMIN J. HILLMAN, acitizen of. the United States, and a resident of Victor, in the countyof El Paso and State of Colorado, have in vented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combination-Tool; and I do herebydeclare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to combination-tools.

My object is to provide a combination-tool which will be adapted for useas a wire twister and cutter.

Having this object in view-my invention consists of asimple, cheap, anddurable-combination-tool comprising a wire cutter and twister of noveland improved construction, as will appearv more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved tool, showing the auxiliary handle opened. Fig. 2 is a detailbottom plan View showing the construction of the working face of theanvil; Fig. 3, a detail side elevation of the combination wire twisterandcutter. Fig. 4 is a detail bottom perspective view. 1 r

The handle A is formed with a flat face 1 upon one. side 'and. ,with ananvil 2 at a point near its forward end opposite the flat side 1, thesame being formed by an enlargement of the handle, as clearly shown. Therear end of the anvilis cut away upon one side, as shown at 3, formingan inclined knife 4:, in the rear of which is aslot 5,which extendsthrough the handle. The anvil 2 is integral with the handle A, and thecut-away portion 3 extends from one side of the handle to a pointadjacent to the opposite side of the slot 5, so that the cutting edge ofthe knife 4 lies in line with one side of the slot 5.

'The lower end of the handle is cut off smoothly, as at 6, and Odesignates a bolt, comprising a screw-threaded shank 7, which is adjustably received in the end of the handle, anda head 8. The end of thehandle forms the stationary jaw and the head of the bolt the sliding jawof an adjustable wrench. It will be observed that the flat side of theSerial No. 597,317. .(No model.)

handle-is recessed at 9 and immediately adjacent to the end of the shankof the screwthreaded bolt.

D represents an auxiliary handle provided with a screw 10 at a pointnear its rear end, having a laterally-bent lower end 10, forming a hookwhich is adapted to be turned so that it will fit within thelaterally-extending recess 10" in thehandle A when it is desired to lockthe main handle A and the auxiliary handle D together. The looking orunlocking of the two parts may be easily effected by turning the screw10 in one direction or the ;other. This auxiliary han die is of suchcrosssectional shape and size that together with the main handle itforms a. complete handle. The upper end of the auxiliary handle is bentinto an arm 11, which passes through the slot in the main handle and ispivoted on a pin 12, and a jaw 13, which is adapted to abut on the anvilof the main handle when the toolhandles are together. The edge 14: ofthe arm constitutes the knife or blade, which is adapted to act inconnection with a cuttingblade on the main handle and the wire-cutter,while the jaw and anvil are adapted to receive a Wire or wires, so thatwhen the auxiliary and main handles are properly grasped the wire orwires are properly held and the tool can be used as awire-twister. Theedge 14 of the arm 11 fits, when the device is in position for cuttingwire, within the cut-away portion 3, sothat it may act in conjunctionwith the knife 4; at one side thereof to produc a shearing out upon thewire.

The manner of using my device as a hammer, nail-extractor, or wrenchwill be readily understood from the foregoing description. In using thesame as a wire-twister the auxiliary handle D is separated from the mainhandle A, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the wire to be twistedinserted between the lower side of the anvil 2 and the jaw 13. Thehandle D is then closed down upon the handle A and a gripping actionupon the wire between the jaw 13 and said handle is effected, and thesame may be twisted in the usual manner. Then it is desired to cut thewire, the same is placed between the knife 4 on the handle and thecutting edge 14 of the arm 11. The two handles are then compressed and ashearing out upon the wire is eifected.

My invention is extremely cheap, simple, and strong, and embodying as itdoes the tools heretofore mentioned it constitutes a Very useful device.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A tool, comprising a main handle having a slot therein and an anvilthereon adjacent to said slot, the rear end of said anvil being cut awayupon one side forming an inclined cutting blade or knife, and anauxiliary handle pivoted to the main handle and extending through saidslot, said auxiliary handle being bent into a jaw adapted to act inconnec- -tion with the anvil to provide a wire-twister,

the bent portion thereof having a cutting edge adapted to fit within thecut-away portion at

